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Cleveland State University NewsenUncovering Mysteries of Protein Degradationhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/uncovering-mysteries-protein-degradation
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6>$2 million NIH grant enhances biological research</h6>
<p><img alt="Valentin Boerner" height="390" width="1000" class="media-element file-default" data-delta="1" title="" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/ValentinBoerner.png" /></p>
<p>A team lead by <a href="/grhd/faculty/valentin-boerner">Dr. Valentin Börner</a>, associate professor of Biological Sciences at Cleveland State University, has received a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to increase our understanding of how the function of a protein complex called proteasome impacts chromosome segregation in meiosis. Meiosis is a key process that affects sexual reproduction, fertility and the development of birth defects. The research could also have a significant impact on the treatment of numerous types of cancers.</p>
<p>The proteasome is a highly sophisticated protease complex of the eukaryotic cell that is designed to carry out selective degradation of protein substrates. The protease "gobbles up" proteins after they have performed their cellular function. The proteasome is essential for many cellular processes, however, until recently, little was known about how the proteasome impacts meiosis, the central cell division that generates egg and sperm in sexually reproducing organisms, including humans.</p>
<p>The project at Cleveland State University, which also includes researchers from the University of Pittsburgh, builds on the Börner lab's recent discovery of a direct connection between proteasome activity and the meiosis process. Those findings were published in the prestigious journal <a href="http://science.sciencemag.org/content/early/2017/01/04/science.aaf4778" target="_blank">Science</a> in January, 2017. The new project will work to identify the specific role the proteasome plays in meiosis, including identifying the specific proteins the protease removes as chromosome segregation and cell division occurs. The planned studies will also seek to assess the impact of proper proteasome function on reproduction and how defects in this process could be a cause for infertility, miscarriage and certain genetic diseases.</p>
<p>"We now know that the proteasome attaches itself to chromosomes during meiosis and disposes of used proteins as part of the process," adds Dr. Börner, who is a member of CSU's <a href="/grhd/grhd">Center for Gene Regulation in Health and Disease</a>. "The next step is identifying what specific material is being removed, how this allows meiosis to progress, and what impact the process has on overall sexual reproduction."</p>
<p>Dr. Börner also points out that proteasome inhibitors are now being used in cancer therapy, most notably multiple myeloma. A better understanding of proteasome functions in chromosome stability will allow for more focused targeting of these drugs to better inhibit cancer growth.</p>
<p>"We are now undertaking a new path in genetic science that could lead to a better understanding of reproduction and improved treatments of reproductive diseases and numerous types of cancer," Dr. Börner adds.</p></div></div></div>Thu, 15 Feb 2018 16:32:24 +0000600104720167 at http://www.csuohio.eduIntroducing the February Issue of CSU Researchhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/introducing-february-issue-csu-research-0
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Cleveland State University’s Office of Research has released the latest edition of its online newsletter, <em>CSU Research</em>. It includes a feature on biologist Valentin Börner’s new $2 million research grant from the National Institutes of Health. The project seeks to uncover new information on the function of the protein complex proteasome and its impact on meiosis. The newsletter also highlights the scholarship of historian Stephanie Hinnershitz, education professor Graham Stead and political scientist Neda Zawahri.</p>
<p>Read the <a href="/research/news/email/newsletter/volume5-issue2.html">newsletter</a>. Learn more about the <a href="/research/research">Office of Research</a> at CSU.</p>
<p class="rtecenter">###</p></div></div></div>Thu, 15 Feb 2018 14:06:53 +0000600093320166 at http://www.csuohio.eduFaculty Spotlight: Sandra Hurtado Rúahttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/faculty-spotlight-sandra-hurtado-r%C3%BAa
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Dr. <a href="https://csuohio.us/HurtadoRua">Sandra Hurtado Rúa</a>, assistant professor in the <a href="/sciences/mathematics">Department of Mathematics</a>, joined CSU in 2015. She is interested in the development and application of Bayesian statistical methods to clinical, biological and social studies. Bayesian methods combine prior knowledge or information along with new data to model a particular system or answer questions about a problem of interest.</p>
<p>Dr. Hurtado Rúa’s collaborative research includes statistical analysis of MRI data in the context of multiple sclerosis research, clinical meta-analysis studies, and modeling of survival and cancer cure rates. Her work has been included in numerous clinical studies and could ultimately have direct benefits for patients and improve the treatment of various diseases.</p>
<p>Prior to joining CSU, Dr. Hurtado Rúa served as a postdoctoral associate in the Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology at Weill Medical College of Cornell University. She earned her Ph.D. in statistics from the University of Connecticut in 2011.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><img alt="Dr. Kalle Lyytinen" height="416" width="350" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: right;" class="media-element file-default" data-delta="3" title="" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/1af5aea65885c51cd5f8d48be2ba9b68682ea5c9.png" />Dr. Kalle Lyytinen will discuss four new elements that have proved valuable in constructing more accurate explanations of innovation management processes and outcomes at Cleveland State University's next Multidisciplinary Research Seminar Series event.</p>
<p>The Case Western Reserve University professor will deliver his presentation titled <em>Reinventing Innovation Management in a Digital World</em> at Parker Hannifin Hall, PH 104 at noon on Friday, Feb. 2.</p>
<p>The <a href="/research">CSU Office of Research</a> created the Multidisciplinary Research Seminar Series to promote an environment that enables, encourages, and rewards multidisciplinary and collaborative risk taking to solve the broad challenges in our increasingly complex world. The series features seminars by CSU faculty and well-known speakers from across Northeast Ohio. They cover academic subjects as well as multidisciplinary issues such as creativity, risk-taking and innovation.</p></div></div></div>Thu, 25 Jan 2018 17:08:41 +0000600104720073 at http://www.csuohio.eduIntroducing the January Issue of CSU Researchhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/introducing-january-issue-csu-research-0
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><strong>Introducing the January Issue of CSU Research</strong></p>
<p>Cleveland State University’s Office of Research has released the latest edition of its online newsletter, <em>CSU Research</em>. It includes a feature on the new Internet of Things (IoT) Collaborative initiated by CSU and Case Western Reserve University to promote regional development of the Industrial IOT. The newsletter also highlights the scholarship of counseling education professor Kelly Yu-Hsin, international business expert Ping Deng and historian Jose Solá.</p>
<p>Read the <a href="/research/news/email/newsletter/volume5-issue1.html">newsletter</a>. Learn more about the <a href="/research/research">Office of Research</a> at CSU.</p>
<p class="rtecenter">###</p></div></div></div>Tue, 16 Jan 2018 14:25:28 +0000600093320024 at http://www.csuohio.eduImproving Cancer Treatmenthttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/improving-cancer-treatment
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6><em>Researchers enhance therapies to treat brain tumors</em></h6>
<p><img alt="Cancer Cells" height="310" width="796" class="media-element file-default" data-delta="1" title="" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/CancerHeader.png" /></p>
<p>Cancer of the brain is an incredibly deadly disease that affects thousands of children and adults annually. Unfortunately, brain surgery and radiation are very risky and have significant negative side effects. In addition, the only FDA-approved drug designed for brain tumors, temozolomide, has an effective “life span” of less than a year due to the development of drug resistance in humans.</p>
<p>Now, a team of researchers at Cleveland State University, has developed a new therapeutic agent that greatly improves the effectiveness of temozolomide. The agent, a DNA polymerase inhibitor, greatly reduces resistance and improves the overall effectiveness of the drug in destroying tumors, leading to significantly higher survival rates. The findings were recently published in the peer-reviewed journal <em><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29259011">Cancer Research</a></em>.</p>
<p>“Two-thirds of brain cancer patients die within five years of diagnosis, and the risks and side effects from current treatments can be nearly as bad as the disease itself,” notes Dr. Anthony Berdis, associate professor of chemistry and biology at CSU and a member of the University’s Center for Gene Regulation in Health and Disease. “The combination of our drug with temozolomide has the potential to greatly improve both life expectancy and the quality of life for patients.”</p>
<p>Berdis’ team is currently conducting additional toxicity studies on the therapeutic agent, which will be required for future FDA approval. They will also soon begin tests on additional cancerous tumors to assess the effectiveness of the agent in treating breast cancer, leukemia and other diseases. The research has been funded by the Department of Defense, the Ohio Third Frontier Commission, CSU's Office of Research, GRHD and Dr. John C. Vitullo's pilot and bridge funding program. </p>
<p>“This research could have tremendous applications for addressing numerous types of cancers and ultimately helping patients live longer, better lives,” Berdis adds.</p></div></div></div>Tue, 09 Jan 2018 21:49:19 +0000600104719917 at http://www.csuohio.eduIntroducing the December Issue of CSU Researchhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/introducing-december-issue-csu-research-0
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Cleveland State University’s Office of Research has released the latest edition of its online newsletter, <em>CSU Research</em>. It includes a feature on Hee-Sook Kim’s NIH grant to analyze how alterations of specific structures and marks on chromosomes influence DNA replication. The newsletter also highlights the scholarship of legal expert David Forte, graphic designer Anne Berry and information systems scholar Iftikhar Sikder.</p>
<p>Read the <a href="/research/news/email/newsletter/volume4-issue12.html">newsletter</a>. Learn more about the <a href="/research/research">Office of Research</a> at CSU.</p>
<p class="rtecenter">###</p></div></div></div>Thu, 14 Dec 2017 16:35:48 +0000600093319848 at http://www.csuohio.eduCSU Engineer Is Leading Innovation in Toxicity Testinghttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/csu-engineer-leading-innovation-in-toxicity-testing
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6>Moo-Yeal Lee wins EPA challenge</h6>
<p><img alt="Moo-Yeal Lee" height="197" width="350" style="float: right; margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px;" class="media-element file-default" data-delta="1" title="" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/MooYealLee.jpg" /><a href="http://academic.csuohio.edu/bioprinting">Dr. Moo-Yeal Lee</a>, an assistant professor of chemical and biomedical engineering at Cleveland State University, has been named a stage-two winner of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Transform Toxicity Testing Challenge. Dr. Lee partnered with Mr. Rayton Gerald of 3D MicroArray, Inc. to develop robotic, high-precision, cell printing technology which allows for the generation of testable human tissues in a laboratory environment. The innovation could increase the accuracy of toxicity testing and drastically reduce the associated costs.</p>
<p>The EPA is developing automated screening technologies, called high-throughput screening (HTS) assays, which can more rapidly and more accurately test how some of the thousands of chemicals in use in society may affect human health. However, since current HTS assays do not fully incorporate chemical metabolism, they may miss chemicals that are metabolized by the human body to a more toxic form. Dr. Lee’s research group utilized 3D bioprinting technology to create biomimetic human tissues in the lab for use in high-throughput screening of chemical compound libraries. The robust, flexible and less expensive system also enables retrofitting of current cell-based toxicity tests to provide better metabolic competence.</p>
<p>“3D bioprinting has tremendous applications in numerous areas that could transform everything from drug development to treatment of individual patients by creating biomimetic human tissues using cells from the patient,” Dr. Lee says. “We are very excited at the potential opportunities the technology provides to improve toxicity testing, and are honored the EPA has selected our research for this recognition.”</p>
<p>The EPA launched the Transform Toxicity Testing Challenge along with, the National Institutes of Health and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences in 2016. It asked teams of scientists to develop techniques to retrofit existing HTS assays to incorporate processes that reflect how chemicals are broken down and metabolized by the body. Stage two winners were asked to produce practical designs based on their stage one theoretical frameworks. Honorees received a $100,000 prize.</p>
<p>To learn more about the Challenge and the EPA’s environmental research, visit <a href="https://www.epa.gov/innovation/announcing-transform-toxicity-testing-challenge-stage-two-winners">https://www.epa.gov/innovation/announcing-transform-toxicity-testing-challenge-stage-two-winners</a>.</p>
<p class="rtecenter">###</p></div></div></div>Fri, 03 Nov 2017 13:37:49 +0000600093319696 at http://www.csuohio.eduMark Sundahl Headlines CSU’s Next Multidisciplinary Research Seminarhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/mark-sundahl-headlines-csu%E2%80%99s-next-multidisciplinary-research-seminar
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Sixty years after the beginning of the Space Age with the launch of Sputnik, mankind is now on the brink of a new space industry: natural resource extraction. Well-funded companies lead the way as countries, such as the U.S., Luxembourg, and Japan, develop enabling regulations. The potential wealth available on asteroids and other celestial bodies is virtually limitless. What technical, legal and ethical challenges await mankind on this new frontier?</p>
<p>Mark Sundahl, director of the Global Space Law Center at CSU’s Cleveland-Marshall College of Law will discuss how policy makers can address these issues at CSU’s next Multidisciplinary Research Seminar Series, Friday, November 3 from 12 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. in Parker Hannifin Hall, Rm. 104.</p>
<p>Sundahl who also serves as the Charles R. Emrick Jr.- Calfee, Halter &amp; Griswold Professor of Law at CSU, is an international expert on space law and currently serves as chair of the International Space Policy Working Group of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Commercial Space Transportation Committee. He is also an advisor to the U.S. delegation to the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space.</p>
<p>The CSU Office of Research created the Multidisciplinary Research Seminar Series to promote an environment that enables, encourages, and rewards multidisciplinary and collaborative risk taking to solve the broad challenges in our increasingly complex world.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><strong>Introducing the October Issue of CSU Research</strong></p>
<p>Cleveland State University’s Office of Research has released the latest edition of its online newsletter, <em>CSU Research</em>. It includes features on Thijs Heus’ new grant from the Department of Energy to better model cloud formation and movement, as well as a new NSF grant to Nigamanth Sridhar, Debbie Jackson and Brian Harper to enhance their Computer Science for All initiative with CMSD. The issue also highlights the scholarship of criminal justice professor Wendy Regoeczi, theater professor Russ Borski and urban studies professor Ronnie Dunn.</p>
<p>Read the <a href="/research/news/email/newsletter/volume4-issue10.html">newsletter</a>. Learn more about the <a href="/research/research">Office of Research</a> at CSU.</p></div></div></div>Mon, 16 Oct 2017 18:05:53 +0000600093319626 at http://www.csuohio.eduMining the Possibilities: Collaborative Prospects in the Digital Humanitieshttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/mining-possibilities-collaborative-prospects-in-digital-humanities
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6>Office of Research hosts Mark Souther for Multidisciplinary Research Seminar Series</h6>
<p><img alt="Mark Souther" height="410" width="350" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: right;" class="media-element file-default" data-delta="1" title="" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/mark-souther.jpg" />Professor of History <a href="http://facultyprofile.csuohio.edu/csufacultyprofile/detail.cfm?FacultyID=M_SOUTHER">Mark Souther</a> is the featured speaker for the second installment in the <strong><a href="/research/multidisciplinary-research-seminar-series">Multidisciplinary Research Seminar Series</a>,</strong> presented by Cleveland State University's Office of Research. Professor Souther will discuss his changing mindset as a humanities researcher in a seminar titled "Mining the Possibilities: Collaborative Prospects in the Digital Humanities" at Parker Hannifin Hall at noon on Oct. 6.</p>
<p>The research seminar series was created t<span>o promote an environment that encourages multidisciplinary and collaborative risk-taking to solve the broad challenges in our increasingly complex world. Professor Souther will d</span>raw on his experience in digital humanities research to describe the challenges and rewards he encountered collaborating with scholars in and beyond his own discipline.</p>
<p>Professor Souther is the Director of the Center for Public History + Digital Humanities at CSU, which continues nearly a decade of innovation in location-based mobile apps. He has authored or edited three books, including the forthcoming <a href="http://www.temple.edu/tempress/titles/2410_reg.html" target="_blank">"Believing in Cleveland,"</a> and maintains an active applied research agenda currently highlighted by development of a sustainable digital humanities platform for adoption in developing nations. In addition to other funded research, he has served or is serving as principal investigator for two National Endowment for the Humanities digital humanities grants.</p></div></div></div>Mon, 02 Oct 2017 19:40:20 +0000600104719488 at http://www.csuohio.eduCSU and Cleveland Clinic Renew 46-Year Research and Education Partnership http://www.csuohio.edu/news/csu-and-cleveland-clinic-renew-46-year-research-and-education-partnership
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6><em>Collaboration includes three joint doctoral degrees and numerous research projects</em></h6>
<p><img alt="CSU Clinic" height="390" width="1000" class="media-element file-default" data-delta="1" title="" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/25847906030_9eceff2432_edit.jpg" /></p>
<p>For close to a half-century, Cleveland State University and Cleveland Clinic’s Lerner Research Institute have partnered to enhance medical and science education while helping to advance discovery in numerous disciplines. This collaboration will continue to develop and expand thanks to a new memorandum of understanding signed by the two organizations this month. The agreement will extend the three doctoral programs run jointly by CSU and Cleveland Clinic, promote continued teaching opportunities for Cleveland Clinic researchers at CSU and advance research opportunities for CSU students and faculty at Cleveland Clinic.</p>
<p>“Cleveland Clinic is universally recognized as one of the best medical centers in the world and our longstanding relationship has provided our students with one-of-a-kind engaged learning experiences and opportunities to be mentored by some of the top scientists in their fields,” says Ronald M. Berkman, president of Cleveland State University. “We are extremely pleased to be extending this agreement for the future benefit of both institutions.”</p>
<p>“We are pleased to continue our important work with Cleveland State University to train the next generation of scientists and advance medical research,” says Serpil Erzurum, M.D., chair of the Lerner Research Institute. “As one of the largest research institutes in the nation, our trainees have the opportunity to study in our leading-edge facilities and make scientific contributions to improve patient care. We look forward to our ongoing collaboration and working together to innovate and move medicine forward.”</p>
<p>CSU and Cleveland Clinic offer joint Ph.D. programs in regulatory biology, established in 1971, and bio-analytical chemistry, created in 1998. They also offer a doctorate in applied biomedical engineering, begun in 1997, and a concentration in molecular medicine, which is available through all three doctoral programs and was started in 2005. Close to 300 students have graduated from these programs and over 100 Cleveland Clinic scientists currently hold adjunct appointments at CSU.</p>
<p>In addition, CSU offers a laboratory summer research experience for biology and chemistry majors at LRI and numerous CSU faculty conduct research with Cleveland Clinic scientists. This includes a longstanding relationship between CSU’s internationally recognized Center for Gene Regulation in Health and Disease and Lerner Research Institute.</p>
<p>“CSU’s growing reputation as a center for medical and scientific research and education is due in large part to our strong partnership with Cleveland Clinic, which has provided tremendous value to our students and faculty as well as the medical community at large,” adds Jerzy Sawicki, Vice President for Research at CSU.</p>
<p>Graduates of CSU/Cleveland Clinic doctoral programs now serve in key scientific and administrative positions at some of the world’s most prestigious health care centers. Prominent alumni include: Andrius Kazlauskas, former professor of ophthalmology at Harvard Medical School; Joe El-Khoury, co-director of the Clinical Chemistry Laboratory at Yale Medical School and Linnea Baudhuin, associate professor of laboratory medicine and pathology at the Mayo Clinic.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Cleveland State University’s Office of Research has released the latest edition of its online newsletter, <em>CSU Research</em>. It includes a feature on Bibo Li and Valentin Börner’s new grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate how alterations of specific structures on chromosomes influence DNA replication. The issue also highlights the scholarship of education professor Elena Andrei, economist Phuong Ngo and literary critic Tama Engelking.</p>
<p>Read the <a href="/research/news/email/newsletter/volume4-issue9.html">newsletter</a>. Learn more about the <a href="/research/research">Office of Research</a> at CSU.</p></div></div></div>Fri, 15 Sep 2017 13:06:58 +0000600093319347 at http://www.csuohio.eduNoted Biomimicry Expert Peter Niewiarowski Headlines Inaugural Research Seminarhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/noted-biomimicry-expert-peter-niewiarowski-headlines-inaugural-research-seminar
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6><em>New CSU lecture series seeks to enhance multidisciplinary collaboration</em></h6>
<p><img alt="Peter Niewiarowski" height="390" width="1000" class="media-element file-default" data-delta="1" title="" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/Peter%20Niewiarowski.jpg" /></p>
<p>Noted biologist and biomimicry expert Dr. Peter Niewiarowski, a Professor of Biology and Integrated Bioscience at the University of Akron, will give the inaugural address for Cleveland State University’s new Multidisciplinary Research Seminar Series. It seeks to enhance collaboration and research opportunities across disciplines to address the key issues facing society today.</p>
<p><strong>The event will be held from 12 p.m. to 1:15 p.m., Friday, September 15 in Parker Hannifin Hall, room 104 on the CSU campus.</strong></p>
<p>“The broad challenges in our increasingly complex world can be met only through multi-disciplinary collaborations,” notes Dr. Jerzy Sawicki, Vice President for Research at CSU and organizer of the series. “Through this series, Cleveland State seeks to enhance collaborative research across a wide variety of topic areas, from engineering, to science, to the arts and humanities, to creatively and meaningfully address the needs of our community and our society.”</p>
<p>Peter Niewiarowski conducts cutting edge research in amphibian population biology, life history evolution and physiological ecology. He currently serves as a principal investigator of UA’s Biomimicry Research and Innovation Center and is director of its Biomimicry Fellowship Program. Through his scholarship, Dr. Niewiarowski seeks to utilize multiple expertise areas, including the arts-science interface, organizational design and natural systems behavior, to enhance the development and utilization of biomimicry in multiple fields.</p>
<p>For more information on the Research Seminar Series including future dates, visit <a href="/research/multidisciplinary-research-seminar-series">http://www.csuohio.edu/research/multidisciplinary-research-seminar-series</a>.</p>
<p class="rtecenter">###</p></div></div></div>Mon, 28 Aug 2017 13:13:41 +0000600093319150 at http://www.csuohio.eduUncovering Molecular Mysterieshttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/uncovering-molecular-mysteries
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h6><em>R</em><em>esearche</em><em>rs use supercomputer to create 1 million-atom model of protein synthesis</em></h6>
<p><img alt="Prothrombinase" height="357" width="350" style="margin-left: 5px; margin-right: 5px; float: right;" class="media-element file-default" data-delta="1" title="" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/Prothrombinase.png" />Prothrombinase is a three-protein complex that catalyzes the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin, which is a critical step in the sequence of blood clotting called the coagulation cascade. Researchers have developed significant theoretical evidence of how prothrombinase binds to cellular membranes and jumpstarts the catalysis process that generates thrombin. However, the computing power has previously not existed to actually model the reaction and test how different variables may impact the process.</p>
<p>Thanks to a grant from the Ohio Supercomputing Center, a research team from Cleveland State University is developing the first full scale model of prothrombinase catalysis which will provide new insights on how blood clotting actually works in the body. Including water molecules and counter-ions, the entire model consists of approximately 1.3 million atoms.</p>
<p>“Even as late as a year ago, the computing power to analyze this large of a model did not exist,” notes Will Martin, a doctoral student in chemistry at CSU who is leading the project. “We are really operating at the cutting edge of biochemistry and will be able to provide new knowledge that could improve drug development and treatments for numerous diseases.”</p>
<p>Martin is working with <a href="http://facultyprofile.csuohio.edu/csufacultyprofile/detail.cfm?FacultyID=D_BALL">David W. Ball</a>, chair of the <a href="/sciences/chemistry">Department of Chemistry at CSU</a>, and <a href="http://facultyprofile.csuohio.edu/csufacultyprofile/detail.cfm?FacultyID=M_KALAFATIS">Michael Kalafatis</a>, professor of chemistry and a member of CSU’s <a href="/grhd">C</a><a href="/grhd">enter for Gene Regulation in Health and Disease</a>. He is utilizing experimental data generated by Kalafatis on how prothrombinase binding causes the catalysis that leads to the creation of thrombin. Errors in this process, either producing too much or too little thrombin, are factors in a host of blood diseases and disorders. Martin will also test the impact of different gene mutations on the process to see how different variables impact catalysis and the clotting process as a whole.</p>
<p>“By being able to model the system as it actually occurs, we can test and improve our theoretical analysis and better assess potential treatments designed to increase or decrease thrombin production, based on the needs of a patient,” Ball adds. “This is also a fabulous opportunity for our students to get real world expertise while making a major contribution to chemistry and medicine.”</p>
<p>Established in 1987, the Ohio Supercomputer Center partners with Ohio universities and industries to enhance discovery, education and product development. It provides researchers with high performance computing, advanced cyberinfrastructure, and computational science education services. The CSU team received a grant of 150,000 units, the equivalent of 150,000 hours of supercomputing time, for the project. It is the largest OSC award ever received by the University.</p></div></div></div>Wed, 19 Jul 2017 14:06:39 +0000600104718871 at http://www.csuohio.eduIntroducing the June Issue of CSU Researchhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/introducing-june-issue-csu-research
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Cleveland State University’s Office of Research has released the latest edition of its online newsletter, <em>CSU Research</em>. It includes a feature on a new National Institute of Justice grant awarded to CSU education professor Adam Voight to enhance understanding of youth safety and well-being. The issue also highlights the scholarship of Roland Anglin, dean of the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs Dean, economist Bill Kosteas and graphic designer Sarah Rutherford.</p>
<p>Read the <a href="/research/news/email/newsletter/volume4-issue6.html">newsletter</a>. Learn more about the <a href="/research/research">Office of Research</a> at CSU.</p></div></div></div>Thu, 15 Jun 2017 13:20:59 +0000600093318772 at http://www.csuohio.eduIntroducing the May Issue of CSU Researchhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/introducing-may-issue-csu-research
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Cleveland State University’s Office of Research has released the latest edition of its online newsletter, <em>CSU Research</em>. It includes an article on an Hongxing Ye, an assistant professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, who has been awarded a grant for his project "Transactive Uncertainty and Flexibility for High Penetration of Semi-dispatchable Renewables in Electricity Markets." <span>It also highlights faculty members </span><span>Maria Kozlowski-Gibson, a certified legal nurse consultant who teaches forensic nursing at the graduate level, and </span><span>assistant professor Joseph Mead, who conducts interdisciplinary and applied research at the intersection of law, policy, and civil society.</span></p>
<p>Read the <a href="/research/news/email/newsletter/volume4-issue5.html">newsletter</a>. Learn more about the <a href="/research/research">Office of Research</a> at CSU.</p></div></div></div>Mon, 15 May 2017 14:37:33 +0000600104718661 at http://www.csuohio.eduIntroducing the April Issue of CSU Researchhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/introducing-april-issue-csu-research
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Cleveland State University’s Office of Research has released the latest edition of its online newsletter, CSU Research. It includes a feature on a new Department of Agriculture grant awarded to CSU Professors Parthasarathy Srinivasan, Dan Munther and Chandra Kothapalli that will fund research to reduce outbreaks of foodborne illness. The issue also highlights the work of mathematics scholar Shawn Ryan and composer Andrew Rindfleisch, while also announcing a new technology acceleration fund created in partnership with Kent State University. Read the <a href="/research/news/email/newsletter/volume4-issue4.html" target="_blank">newsletter</a>. Learn more about the <a href="/research">Office of Research</a> at CSU.</p></div></div></div>Mon, 17 Apr 2017 14:14:22 +0000600104718531 at http://www.csuohio.eduCSU-Kent State Partnership Accelerates Tech Transferhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/csu-kent-state-partnership-accelerates-tech-transfer
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>New TeCK Fund made possible by Third Frontier Commission grant</em></p>
<p><img alt="CSU-KSU Partnership" height="310" width="796" class="media-element file-default" data-delta="1" title="" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/TechTransfer.jpg" /></p>
<p>An innovative new partnership will soon help accelerate the process of bringing faculty innovations to commercial markets in Northeast Ohio and beyond.</p>
<p>The Ohio Third Frontier Commission has awarded Cleveland State University and Kent State University a grant to develop a joint technology commercialization and startup fund. The program will give university faculty and startup companies access to an $800,000 fund that will assist in accelerating commercialization of university technology and bringing innovative new products to market.</p>
<p>“CSU and Kent State have unique research portfolios that provide significant opportunities for commercialization in a host of fields, from drug development to assistive devices to liquid crystals,” says Jack Kraszewski, Director of the Technology Transfer Office at CSU. “This new fund will accelerate the process for licensing technology while spurring the development of additional technology transfer opportunities with numerous companies across the state.”</p>
<p>“This is about getting intellectual property and innovations out of the laboratory and into the marketplace,” notes Stephen Roberts, Director of Technology Commercialization at Kent State. “Universities often do not have ready access to funding for the prototype creation and market research necessary to create successful spin-out companies. This helps fill those gaps.”</p>
<p>The hybrid accelerator program — to be called the TeCK Fund — will accept applications from faculty teams investigating opportunities to commercialize research and will also assist in connecting university researchers with potential business partners. Funding of up to $100,000 will be available for individual technology validation projects. This is the first time Third Frontier has awarded funds to a joint university collaborative.</p>
<p>“This fund will be a key component of Kent State and CSU’s broader efforts to commercialize more of our inventions and assist in creating jobs and new economic opportunities in Northeast Ohio,” Roberts adds.</p>
<p>The Ohio Third Frontier is a technology-based economic development initiative, and is part of the Ohio Development Services Agency. Third Frontier is committed to transforming the state’s economy through the accelerated growth of diverse startup and early stage technology companies.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>Group led by Roman Kondratov receives NIH renewal to further research</em></p>
<p><img alt="Aging Research " height="310" width="796" class="media-element file-default" title="" typeof="foaf:Image" src="/sites/default/files/aging-research_inline.png" /></p>
<p>A research team in Cleveland State University’s <a href="/grhd/grhd">Center for Gene Regulation in Health and Disease</a> is helping to unravel the mysteries of aging and develop better therapies to address age related illnesses. The team, led by Roman Kondratov, a professor of biological sciences at CSU, has been awarded an R01 renewal grant from the National Institute of Aging, within the National Institutes of Health, to study the impact of diet on the body’s natural circadian rhythms and the master circadian clock that controls them. Data obtained as a result of this study will help to understand the molecular basis of aging and to develop physiological and pharmacological strategies for the treatment and prevention of age-associated diseases.</p>
<p>“Over the last decade, research has found that dietary restriction (i.e., reducing calorie intake without malnutrition) is a powerful intervention for increasing longevity in a variety of organisms,” says Kondratov. “Specifically, calorie restriction may reduce the occurrence of age-associated illnesses, including osteoporosis, and Parkinson’s disease. In contrast, disruption of the body’s natural circadian rhythms through bad diet has been associated with the negative effects of aging on physiology, metabolism, and behavior.”</p>
<p>Kondratov and his associates have uncovered biochemical clues to how these opposing mechanisms may function. The team is studying the master circadian clock, located in the hypothalamus region of the brain and modeling how the clock controls and coordinates the function of diverse organs and synchronizes bodily activities with the environment. They are also assessing how varying diet, including both calorie amount and timing of caloric intake, impacts circadian function.</p>
<p>“Our previous research indicates that calorie restriction and bad diet disrupt the circadian system and can lead to accelerated aging and a reduced lifespan,” adds Kondratov. “This next study will seek to better understand how dietary changes impact biochemical function and the potential therapies that can be used to correct the negative effects we have documented.”</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Cleveland State University’s Office of Research has released the latest edition of its online newsletter, <em>CSU Research</em>. It includes an article on an NIH renewal grant awarded to GRHD's Roman Kondratov which will advance his groundbreaking work on age-related illness. It also highlights Ed Hororwitz' research on political socialization and the upcoming debut of Kathy Diehl’s new dance piece <em>glassPoints</em>.</p>
<p>Read the <a href="/research/news/email/newsletter/volume4-issue3.html">newsletter</a>. Learn more about the <a href="/research/research">Office of Research</a> at CSU.</p></div></div></div>Thu, 16 Mar 2017 14:17:24 +0000600093318283 at http://www.csuohio.eduIntroducing the December Issue of CSU Researchhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/introducing-december-issue-csu-research
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Cleveland State University’s Office of Research has released the latest edition of its online newsletter, <em>CSU Research</em>. It includes an article on CSU’s new Research Experiences for Undergraduates site focused on Engineering and Computing in Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology. The newsletter also highlights Janine Spears’ work in information security risk management; Connor McLennan’s research on perception of spoken language and Robert Abelman’s efforts to better understand the impact of media on children.</p>
<p>Read the <a href="/research/news/email/newsletter/volume3-issue12.html">newsletter</a>. Learn more about the <a href="/research/research">Office of Research</a> at CSU.</p></div></div></div>Wed, 14 Dec 2016 16:28:06 +0000600093317465 at http://www.csuohio.eduCSU Designated as Innovation & Economic Prosperity Universityhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/csu-designated-innovation-economic-prosperity-university
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>One of only six public universities in the nation to receive designation from APLU in 2016</em></p>
<p>In recognition of its strong commitment to economic engagement, the <a href="http://www.aplu.org/">Association of Public and Land-grant Universities</a> (APLU) today designated Cleveland State University as an Innovation &amp; Economic Prosperity (IEP) University. It acknowledges public research universities working with public and private sector partners in their states and regions to support economic development through a variety of activities, including innovation and entrepreneurship, technology transfer, talent and workforce development, and community development. </p>
<p>“CSU has long made innovation, economic development and community investment key university priorities,” notes Cleveland State President Ronald M. Berkman. “The IEP designation highlights the tremendous success we have had in promoting workforce development, entrepreneurship and technology transfer, while also illustrating the significant impact colleges and universities can have in community development and revival.”</p>
<p>“Public research universities such as Cleveland State serve as economic engines for their local communities and states by conducting cutting-edge research that yields breakthroughs that improve life well beyond the confines of campus,” said APLU President Peter McPherson. “Equally important, these institutions cultivate the talent necessary to help fledgling business take flight and ensure existing enterprises have the human capital they need to maintain their dynamism.”</p>
<p>The APLU designation cited CSU for its focus on connecting students’ academic work with community priorities, the economy, and their own career objectives, while also promoting research and education programs with significant community and economic benefit. Examples include: numerous government and company partnerships, including with Parker Hannifin and NASA’s John Glenn Research Center, a multidisciplinary and collaborative focus on the region’s urban health workforce, through the NEOMED-CSU Partnership for Urban Health, and educational and research collaborations with the Cleveland Clinic and the Cleveland Metropolitan School District.</p>
<p>CSU also serves as the business development, technology transfer and industry outreach hub to the Ohio Federal Research Network’s technical Centers of Excellence and houses Northeast Ohio’s Small Business Development Center and International Trade Assistance Center. According to a report by the Center for Economic Development CSU currently contributes over $680 million and 6,700 jobs to the Greater Cleveland economy.</p>
<p>“Over the last decade, Cleveland State has made significant strides in growing our research enterprise with a dual focus on cutting-edge, basic research and high value-add applied research in partnership with companies throughout the region.” adds Jerzy T. Sawicki, CSU Vice President for Research. “Moving forward, we will seek to further our efforts to conduct research, innovation and technology transfer initiatives that have a significant impact on the economy and society as a whole.”</p>
<p>For more information about the university’s innovation activities visit <a href="/innovation">http://www.csuohio.edu/innovation</a>.</p>
<p>CSU is one of only six public schools designated nationally as an IEP university in 2016. Applications were evaluated by a panel of reviewers representing other universities and regional and national partners, including the Association of University Research Parks, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization and the Kauffman Foundation. Scoring was based on a range of criteria emphasizing universities’ development of their economic engagement enterprise, their planning efforts around economic engagement, strategic communications around these efforts, and participation in encouraging economic engagement among peer institutions.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>CSU-Downtown Cleveland Alliance report illustrates the need for continued investment in Downtown Cleveland </em></p>
<p>The Downtown Cleveland revival remains strong yet fragile and in need of continued nurturing according to a report released today by Cleveland State University and Downtown Cleveland Alliance.</p>
<p>Authored by Richey Piiparinen, Jim Russell and Charlie Post at CSU’s Center for Population Dynamics in the Maxine Goodman Levin College for Urban Affairs, “Downtown Cleveland: The Dynamic Engine of a Talent-Driven Economy” highlights the economic effects of the changes taking place in Downtown Cleveland over the past several years, including the increasing population size, on-going job recovery since the recession, increasing value of Downtown properties and gain of employers to the region.</p>
<p>“No other neighborhood in Greater Cleveland has redeveloped as quickly and noticeably around the ‘live, work, play’ model as Downtown Cleveland,” the report says. “[Our analysis] details this shift, with the intent to not only discuss what these changes mean for the future of Downtown, but what Downtown Cleveland’s evolution means for the region as a whole.”</p>
<p>“There is national consensus that a strong downtown core is necessary to generate strong surrounding neighborhoods and a strong region,” says Michael Deemer, DCA’s Executive Vice President of Business Development. “The data in this report illustrates that Downtown’s growth is just scratching the surface of its full potential. We’ve seen great changes in Downtown and this report shows that these changes are having a positive effect on our region, but also that there is a need for continued growth.”</p>
<p>Additional report highlights include:</p>
<ul><li>Only 7 percent of all jobs in Cuyahoga County are located in Downtown Cleveland, but those jobs generate 17.4 percent of Cuyahoga County’s total income.</li>
<li>21 percent of downtown residents work in the healthcare industry.</li>
<li>Population growth is leading to the increased value of residential housing in Downtown Cleveland. </li>
<li>Downtown provides a talent base that attracts employers into Downtown, while also providing talented employees to employers throughout the region.</li>
<li>The largest employment sectors in Downtown Cleveland are professional, scientific, and technical services; government; education; finance and insurance; and management.</li>
<li>Job recovery is taking place, but has not returned to pre-recession levels.</li>
<li>Economic restructuring taking place downtown with the trend toward higher paying knowledge economy jobs.</li>
<li>Downtown Cleveland’s talent base is attracting employers like IBM, New York Life and Brandmuscle, but commercial office property values still lag residential property values.</li>
</ul><p>The full report can be found <a href="http://www.downtowncleveland.com/media/266235/Talent-Driven-Economy-Study-2016-digital.pdf">here</a>. Visit <a href="http://www.DowntownCleveland.com">www.DowntownCleveland.com</a> for more information.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>CSU's Wei Wang conducts one of the first studies to identify best methods for optimizing capital</em></p>
<p>A key facet in corporate management is capital structure, or the percentage of equity a firm uses for operations and growth versus the percentage of debt, typically in the form of loans. Conflicts over the balance between these two vehicles, particularly between CEOs and shareholders, is often a major problem for public companies and can greatly impact firm success. However, there has been little understanding of the types of organizational mechanisms that are best suited to preventing conflict and assist in developing the optimal capital structure for individual companies.</p>
<p>A research team, led by Wei Wang, Assistant Professor of Finance at Cleveland State University, has sought to address this issue through a comprehensive study of organizational and capital structures in thousands of firms across various industries. The findings, published in the <em>Journal of Financial Research</em>, indicate that CEOs tend to use too little debt, failing to maximize firm value, and that a higher debt ratio and a faster speed of adjustment toward the optimal capital structure are directly tied to better corporate governance.</p>
<p>“The proper ‘mix’ of debt versus equity is an important predictor of long term corporate health,” notes Wang. “Our research shows that a strong corporate governance structure is crucial to securing the appropriate use of debt.”</p>
<p>In particular, Wang argues that firms with a more independent board of directors, featuring CEO–chairman separation and greater presence of outside directors, coupled with larger institutional shareholding experience less conflict over capital structure and better optimize use of capital over time. In contrast, use of stock and stock options in CEOs’ compensation, designed to provide incentives to CEOs, on average discourages use of debt or adjustments toward the shareholders' desired levels.</p>
<p>“CEOs, particularly when their compensation is heavily tied to the firm’s success, are very risk averse when it comes to capital structure and often hold the use of debt below the level where the firm’s cost of capital is minimized because debt enhances the firm’s risk despite being cheaper than equity,” Wang adds. “ Corporate governance plays an important role in urging the CEO to strike a balance between debt’s benefits and costs by increasing its use and thus maximizing the firm’s value to shareholders.”</p>
<p>Wang conducted the study with Connie Liao, Assistant Professor of Finance at Tunghai University in Taiwan and Tarun Mukherjee, Professor of Financial Economics at the University of New Orleans. Their paper received the<em> Journal of Financial Research’s </em>2015 Outstanding Article Award.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>Dr. Moo-Yeal Lee and Dr. Chandra Kothapalli seek to improve tests for toxic compounds associated with neurological disorders </em></p>
<p>Moo-Yeal Lee, Ph.D., and Chandra Kothapalli, Ph.D., of Cleveland State University have been awarded a $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for innovative stem cell research to improve testing for toxic compounds that could harm the development of the human brain.</p>
<p>The CSU researchers are developing an <em>in vitro</em> technique for analyzing the effects of toxicants on neural stem cells, which are found in the brain and evolve into nerve cells. Exposure to such toxicants in utero or during childhood may result in neurological disorders.</p>
<p>Dr. Lee and Dr. Kothapalli are professors in the Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering in CSU's Washkewicz College of Engineering. They aim to improve tests for predicting developmental neurotoxicity, which in turn could improve pre-clinical safety assessments of new medicines.</p>
<p>"Our goal is to expand our understanding of developmental toxicity on neural stem cells, which has profound implications for healthy neurological development as well as disease prevention," said Dr. Lee, the principal investigator on the project.</p>
<p>The research at CSU involves studying stem cells on microarrays, which are plastic chips whose grid format makes it possible to analyze hundreds of samples simultaneously. Similar toxicology studies conducted elsewhere have entailed animal testing or testing with primary human cells. However, neither of those methods can match the reliability of stem cell microarrays, which more closely replicate conditions within the human body.</p>
<p>The NIH grant will fund the research of Dr. Lee and Dr. Kothapalli for the next four years, through June 2019.</p>
<p>At CSU, Dr. Lee is developing microarrays that utilize “3-D bioprinting” to mimic human tissue, with potential applications ranging from regenerative medicine to drug testing. He has published 50 papers in peer-reviewed journals, including the prestigious <em>Nature Communications</em>. He holds 12 patents and patent applications.</p>
<p>Dr. Kothapalli's research interest include stem cells, vascular tissue engineering and cancer cell biology. His work has led to one approved patent and two filed patents, as well as 30 peer-reviewed journal publications. He holds adjunct appointments at the Cleveland Clinic's Lerner Research Institute and the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, where Dr. Lee is also an adjunct faculty member.</p>
<p>The Department of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering at CSU conducts research across a range of areas, including renewable fuels, polymeric nanoparticles for drug delivery and materials for space applications. The department has partnerships with the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, the Ohio Aerospace Institute and NASA's Glenn Research Center, as well as Northeast Ohio chemical companies. The Lubrizol Foundation recently awarded a $350,000 grant to the department for the renovation of its chemical engineering laboratory. A team of CSU students from the department won first place in the 2014 American Institute of Chemical Engineers Student Design Competition for devising an alternate method for manufacturing influenza vaccine.</p></div></div></div>Fri, 10 Jul 2015 14:49:07 +000025103907697 at http://www.csuohio.eduDr. Joanne Goodell Prepares Math and Science Teachershttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/dr-joanne-goodell-prepares-math-and-science-teachers
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><strong>Dr. Joanne Goodell and CSUteach Prepare Tomorrow’s Math and Science Teachers </strong></p>
<p>Joanne Goodell,Ph.D., is a professor of teacher education at Cleveland State University, where her research on the teaching and learning of STEM disciplines has led to the introduction of an innovative teacher preparation program known as CSUteach.</p>
<p>Geared toward math and science majors, the program focuses on STEM project-based learning. CSUteach is the only program of its kind in Ohio.</p>
<p>“In just three years, we’ve doubled the number of math and science teachers completing our program,” Dr. Goodell said. “They have jobs in many innovative schools in Cleveland and throughout Northeast Ohio.”</p>
<p>CSUteach provides prospective teachers with the opportunity to experience teaching in the first class they take, allowing them to decide early on if teaching is a good fit for their skills and interests.</p>
<p>Undergraduate candidates graduate with a degree in math or science as well as their teaching license. CSUteach also has a track for career-change professionals who want to teach math or science.</p>
<p>To watch a Featured Researcher video on Dr. Goodell’s work with CSUteach, <a href="http://clevelandstate.tumblr.com/post/113434937722/dr-joanne-goodell-and-csuteach-program-prepare">visit CSU’s ENGAGED blog</a>.</p></div></div></div>Mon, 16 Mar 2015 20:28:39 +000025103907278 at http://www.csuohio.eduNew Funding Available for Collaborative Researchhttp://www.csuohio.edu/news/new-funding-available-for-collaborative-research
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><strong><em>Multi-College Interdisciplinary Research Program will award up to $75,000 for teams of faculty from three or more CSU colleges </em></strong></p>
<p>The new Multi-College Interdisciplinary Research Program (MIRP) at Cleveland State University will award funding up to $75,000 to seed collaborative research activity among faculty teams across campus.</p>
<p>Overseen by CSU’s Office of Research, this broad-based initiative seeks to provide support for faculty members from at least three different colleges within the University who are preparing a proposal for an externally funded interdisciplinary grant.</p>
<p>“We are very pleased to offer this new funding opportunity to encourage and support meaningful cross-disciplinary faculty collaboration,” said CSU Vice President for Research Jerzy Sawicki, Ph.D. “The Multi-College Interdisciplinary Research Program represents one component of CSU’s innovation strategy, which is being developed to stimulate innovation and discovery in interdisciplinary research and education throughout the University.”</p>
<p>Successful MIRP applicants will be awarded an initial $25,000 to facilitate work on their external grant proposal. Following the submission of the proposal for external funding, the team will receive an additional $25,000 to continue research activities while the external proposal is under review. Based on the quality of the reviews from the external proposal, the team may receive an additional $25,000 –either to support the continuation of the team’s interdisciplinary research (if the external proposal is funded) or to facilitate a competitive resubmission of their application for external funding.</p>
<p>MIRP proposals are now being accepted on a rolling basis. The Office of Research will coordinate the continuous review of proposals until September 30, 2015, or until available funds have been committed – whichever occurs first.</p>
<p>For more information, including eligibility requirements and proposal guidelines, please review the MIRP request for proposals online at <a href="/research/internalfundingprograms/MIRP/">csuohio.edu/research/internalfundingprograms/MIRP</a>.</p></div></div></div>Wed, 18 Feb 2015 21:57:32 +000025103907138 at http://www.csuohio.eduDr. Bill Bowen Projects Sharp Increase in U.S. Fuel Needs by 2030http://www.csuohio.edu/news/dr-bill-bowen-projects-sharp-increase-in-us-fuel-needs-2030
<div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Over the next 15 years, the United States will require significantly more raw fuel for primary energy, according to Bill Bowen, Ph.D., a professor at Cleveland State University’s Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs.</p>
<p>For more than 30 years, his research has examined energy policy, economic development and environmental affairs. Recently, Dr. Bowen has studied future energy consumption.</p>
<p>“My main assumption has been simply that the rates of change we have witnessed over the past 40 years, in terms of U.S. population and energy consumption, will continue,” he said.</p>
<p>According to the Energy Information Administration, U.S. energy consumption over the past four decades has increased from 74 quadrillion BTUs, or quads, to 97.5 quads. We’ve trended toward consuming less energy per person, but this has been offset by the increasing number of people. On average, each new person added to the population during this period increased our annual energy consumption by about 284.5 million BTUs of primary energy.</p>
<p>The Census Bureau projects the U.S. population will grow to somewhere between 353 million and 364 million in 2030.</p>
<p>“Putting these numbers together, we can predict that the United States will need between 10 and 12.8 additional quads of energy, per year, by 2030,” Dr. Bowen said. “Assuming our energy consumption per capita stays about the same, we’re talking about an additional equivalent between 1.9 billion and 2.4 billion barrels of gasoline or between 500 million and 641 million tons of coal.”</p>
<p>For more on Dr. Bowen’s research, check out <a href="http://clevelandstate.tumblr.com/post/108163932692/dr-bill-bowen-of-csu-projects-sharp-increase-in">CSU’s ENGAGED blog</a>.</p></div></div></div>Tue, 20 Jan 2015 21:26:30 +000025103907046 at http://www.csuohio.edu